Đề thi giữa kì 2 Tiếng Anh 8 ilearn smart world (Đề 5)

Đề thi giữa kì 2 i-Learn Smart World 8 Đề 5
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. caused B. asked C. promised D. practiced Question 2. A. waste B. camera C. nature D. paper
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3. A. quicker B. alone C. alive D. surprised Question 4. A. heavily B. wealthily C. healthily D. entirely
Circle the best options (A, B, C, or D).
Question 5. I can’t concentrate on what I’m doing with a big bee _______ over me! A. hovering B. navigating C. recognizing D. lifting
Question 6. _______ Venus’s gravity similar to Earth? A. Is B. Are C. Does D. Do
Question 7. This tablet’s battery lasts _______ GS34’s. A. shorter B. shorter than C. more shortly than D. shortlier than
Question 8. John _______ home when he saw a strange light in the sky. A. walked B. was walking C. walks D. is walking
Question 9. I think humans _______ to find a new home in the future. A. need B. needs C. needed D. will need
Question 10. Modern smartphones produce good quality photos because they have better _______. A. gigabytes B. chips C. batteries D. cameras


Question 11. A sighting of a disk-shaped object in the sky started to appear in _______ local newspapers. A. The B. A C. An D. no article
Question 12. I’m sure it was an alien _______ another planet. A. at B. in C. on D. from
Question 13. The new device comes with a bigger display. Its _______ is 11.9 inches.
A. storage space B. powerful chip C. screen size D. home button
Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
Question 14. There aren’t many _______ passages about UFOs and aliens in our school library. (NARRATOR)
Question 15. When did the researchers start to study UFO _______? (SIGHT)
Question 16. There are some _______ robots that can help during and after disasters. (RESCUER)
Question 17. He was fishing in the lake when he saw a _______ object over the mountains. (CIRCLE)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 18. The screen is nice also clear, but it’s small. However, it is cheap, so you should buy it. A B C D
Question 19. My father opened the gate, checked the mailbox and starts to smile. A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST
in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20. A huge disk-shaped flying saucer is the idea for his new movie. A. small B. tiny C. medium D. very big


Question 21. My classmates think it was a UFO from space, but I believe it was just an unusual aircraft. A. ordinary B. common C. frequent D. strange
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE
in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22. I can’t believe you met an alien. That sounds dangerous. A. funny B. safe C. bad D. difficult
Question 23. Our robot can lift heavy objects of around 300 kg. A. light B. strong C. thick D. big
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable
response to complete each of the following questions.
Question 24. Olivia: What did it look like? – Mia: _______. A. It liked us. B. It was okay. C. It was huge. D. It was yesterday.
Question 25. Alex: Where did you see it? – Ellen: _______. A. It was in the garden. B. I saw it last night. C. I was walking a dog. D. It was very strange.
Read the following text and choose the correct answers. Life on other Planets
Humans have long been fascinated (26) _______ outer space, and have wondered
if there are intelligent life-forms elsewhere that we might be able to contact. (27)
_______, we've all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but 'aliens' like
these owe more to the convenience of using human actors to play the parts than to any
real form of scientific investigation.
(28) _______, many serious space researchers are now beginning to turn their
attention to the question of what alien life might actually look like. One early result is
Arnold the Alien, (29) _______ by the biologist, Dougal Dixon. This strange being,


unlike humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs, but (30)
_______ its odd appearance, its behaviour is not very different from our own. Question 26. A. at B. by C. about D. with
Question 27. A. Naturally B. Nature C. Natural D. Naturalize
Question 28. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. In contrast D. However Question 29. A. design B. designed C. designing D. to design Question 30. A. due to B. owing to C. despite D. without
Read the text about two types of smartphones. Write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn't say).
Last Wednesday, LaTomato introduced its new types of smartphones T14 and T14 Plus.
How different are these smartphones? Let’s have a look at two of them. Screen
The screen of T14 is 6.1 inches while T14 Plus has a bigger screen, which is 6.7 inches.
Users can find it easier to read news or watch videos with a T14 Plus. Storage
They both have 128, 256 or 512 gigabytes of storage. However, the T14 Plus comes
with an extra option, which is one terabyte, so its users can feel free to store more data,
documents, videos or music, and save thousands of pictures. Weight
The two models have different weights. A T14 Plus is 240 grams while T14 is only 172 grams. Battery life
They have a long battery life. Their users can spend a whole day playing games,
watching movies, listening to music or visiting many websites. The T14 can last up to
20 hours while T14 Plus can last up to 24 hours. Camera